Panty construction



March 13, 1951 A. s. MANN PANTY CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 12, 1947 Qfp,...............,.........,., g E

Patented Mar. 13, 1951 Application September 12, 1947, Serial No.773,579

Claims. (Cl. 12S-287) This inventionrelates to womens panties.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a womans pantie of atype adapted tobe attached and supported from any undergarment such as acorset or girdle or from a garter belt and which is free of materialaround the hips and legs and may be worn without an elastic waist band.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a womans pantiewhich will absorb perspiration, prevent chang, gives all the protectionof the usual type of pantie, can be easily laundered, quickly dried,small enough to carry in a purse or handbag, attached with great ease,serves as a support for a sanitary lpad making it unnecessary to wearuncomfortable sanitary belts, formed of pliable material to be stretchedtightly over the undersides of the legs, capable of adjustment, freefrom wrinkling and forming into a roll, and inexpensive to manufacture.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of the lower end of acorset with the womans pantie of the present type connected thereto,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pantie embodying the features of thepresent invention,

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the front pad which is connected to the'corset and to which the forward end of the pantie is attached and of aspecial clip which is applied when a sanitary pad is used,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the rear pad which is attached to the corsetWith one of the'attaching elements for l'the sanitary pad connectedthereon,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the sanitary pad clips,

Fig. 'l is a perspective view of a modified form of pantie wherein ahalf circle of material is connected to the sides of the pantie to giveadded protection and trim,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary and perspective view of a pad and of a pantiewith a modified means for the attachment of the pantie to the pad.

Fig. 9 is an elevational view of a modied 'form of a sanitary pad clip.k

Referring now to the iigures, I5 represents a corset or girdle havingthe usual fastening strips 6 for connecting the side ends together andadapted to be extended tightly about the body of the wearer. The usualgarters l'l are connected to the lower end of the corset to extendtherebelow and in a location to be connected to stockings. To the rearof the corset there is sewed a tab i8, Fig. 5, having three fasteningtapes l $3 secured thereto at laterally spaced positions thereon. Thesefastening tapes provide three loops 22 into any one of which a hook 2liconnected preferably by an elastic 25 to pantie 25, may be attachedwhereby to support the pantie upon the tab at the rear of the corset.The center strap of the tab I8 serves for the connection to the tab of asanitary napkin or pad clip 2i shown in Figs. 5 and 6.y This clip has ametal loop 2B with a point 2@ thereon for receiving the end of thesanitary pad to retain the Same. The loop 28 is connected to an elasticstrap 3S on which is a hook 32 which can be connected to any one of theloops 22 of the intermediate tape lil. By having a double connection ofthe pantie IS, the pantie will be prevented frcm swinging from side toside between the legs. The pantie is made of any pliable or stretchalolematerial or material cut on a bias. The pieces are arranged to-permitthe ymaximum stretch longitudinally of the panties as indicated by thearrow 33. The sides of the pieces are sewed together as indicated at 34and between the pieces and at the center thereof there is extended anon-stretchable tape or strip 35 which will prevent the pantie fromwrinkling or shaping into a roll between the legs and thus holds theshape of the pantie. This tape or strip i5 prevents too much stretchingof the material at the center. The strip 35.is sewed to-one of thepieces as indicated at 36 in Fig. 3 thereby to permit the other layer ofthe material to be free of the strip andfree to stretch. Tapes 3,1 ofnon-stretchable material extend across the rear end of the pantie and onopposite sides of the same and into which elastic piece 25 can be eX-tended and secured. The pantie may be made from a single layer ofmaterial with center strip 35, secured to it.; f v a At the front end ofthe pantie, tapes v38 are extended thereacross and from which a strap tepreferably of resilient material is extended. The strap 39 has a hook 40for securing the pantie to any one of several loops dl in a tape-d2 on atab i3 which is attachedto the front of the corset .While the hook 40 isconnected to .one loop di. another loop may have a sanitary pad clip aiattached to it for the securement oa sanitary pad. Y

It should be vapparent that the pantie is of slmple construction, thatit is pliableand easily at- Both thehook32 and the piece l5 are toprovide may be used. The tabs are 'supplied with the the wearer and withsufficient tightness to be 3 tached to the corset, reinforced to limitthe stretching of the same so as to keep the pliable edges tightlyagainst the inner sides of the legs and wherein provision is made forthe attachment of a sanitary pad within the same.

In Fig. '7, there is shown a modified form of the invention whereinthere has been secured to the side edges .of the pantie, a half circleof similar pliablematerial'of soft crepe, silk, ior lace whereby toprovide an edge trim 44 and a more elaborate pantie, The trim will alsoprovide additional cover for the larger size person. This trim may bestitched between the layers of the .pantie material as the pantie isassembled or added by an additional stitching to already assembled lay-5 ers of the vpantie material. The trim will give to the pantie a morefanciful appearance as well as added protection.

In Fig. 8, there is shown a modified form of fastening rdevice which maybe used in place of ythe hooks 24, 32 Aand '56, This fastening dev icecomprises a piece 45 having a key hole slot '46 adapted to receive andretain a button projection 41-on the tabs which are iXed to the corset.

25 an easy means for the attachment of the pantie to the undergarmentand at the same time that cannot be easily disengaged while the pantieis being worn. Other suitable fastening devices pantie and can bereadily and easily fastened to any undergarment owned by the purchaserof the pantie. By a simple sewing operation either by hand Vor machinethe tabs are made-secure'to the garment.

These tabs control the ease with which the pantie is worn and detached.The pantie can be adjusted lon the tabs to render it comfortable andstill give all the protection of the usual pantie vwithout unwantedmaterial about the hips and without the uncomfortable waist band. Thepantie can be used -when wearing vany form of foundation garment, suchas a corset, girdle, or garter belt.

In Fig. 9, there is shown a modied form of sanitary pad clip which maybe used instead of the clip 2l shown in Fig. 6. This clip includes aWire 5| having springportions 52 between which cloth material can beextended to retain pad. With this arrangement the cloth material doesnot have'to bepierced'as with the point 29 when using the clip 2l. Themember 5I will have the same hook 32 on its upper end.

It will be understood'that the `tabs i8 and 43 will be preferablysecured to the `garment by stitching but'may be sured'by a safety pinor. Vsimilar detachable device -so that the stitching willbeunnecessary.

It should be further understood that the material of which'the pantie ismade can be rubberized or moisture proof so as to prevent the pantiefrom becoming stained-or easilysoiled.

While various changes may be made-in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the `spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A pantie comprising a layer of pliable and stretchable material,fastening elements connected tothe ends of the material vfor securingthe pantie to the front and rear of a garment eX- tended about thewearer so that the pantie will extend Vbetween the inner sides of thelegs of stretched thereover, and said fastening means including tabshaving vertically-extending tapes having plurality of vertically-spacedloops adapted to be fixed to the garment and a stretchable piece securedto the pantie and having a hook thereon adapted for engagement with anyone of the loops of the tapes.

.2. Apantieas defined in claim l and sanitary pad clips adapted to be.extended into any of the loops of the fastening tape not used by thepantie hooks and adapted to retain a sanitary pad within the pantie andagainst longitudinal displacementffrom between the legs of the wearer.

3. vA womans pantie comprising two layers of stretchable materialsecured together at their `edges and adapted .to be extended between thelegs of the wearer, means adapted for the securement yof the ends of thepantie with a garment on the wearers body, and a central non-stretchabletape 'independent of the :secinem'entzmeans `extending from .one .end of.the pantie tothe other fand connected to 'the ends of the layerswhereby tolirriitthestretching vof the pantie at the @center thereof andY.to'n'laintain .its Vshapaand said tape .being `disposed 'between thelayers of thepantie Aandsecured to one of the layers of the materialthereby leaving the other layer free fto -be completelystretched .4.A-womans pantie comprising double layers of pliable and 'stretchablematerial secured together about the edges, reinforcing means at theopposite ends of the layers, a central non-stretchable tape connected tothe front and rear ends of the layers, lfastening devices vconnected tothe reinforcing `means zand adapted to secure the pantie "to .the frontand rear of .a garment ex- .tended about the wearer so that the pantiewill extend between the inner sides of the legs of the wearer .and withsuiiicient tightness to be stretched thereoveryand half circle piecesofsoft materialconnectedalong Ythe edges of the pantie .layers toprovide added protection and trim.

5. A pantie construction adapted .to `be connected `.to any garment orsupport extended about a wearer whichcomprises .a piece of pliable andstretchable material adapted to stretch longitu- `dinallyat the .edgesthereof to .a greater .extent than along vitslongitudinal middlesection, said pantie being adapted to pass .between the legs of thewearer, tabs adapted to be secured respectively Ato the front and rear.of the garment or support, a non-stretchable tape extending.longitudinally along the middle of thepiece and connected to the endsthereof whereby to prevent the stretching of the piece at the middlethere- .of and to hold the shape of the pantie, and releasable fasteningelements connected respectively to the ends of the stretchable piece andto the tabs whereby the stretchable piece and tape, can be released fromthe tabs when the tabs .have been made secure to the garment.

ADELADE S. MANN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file `of.this patent:

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